Katrina Sánchez is a Panamanian-American artist based in Charlotte, NC. Working between fiber and soft sculpture she explores connection and healing through tactility in her work. Knitting and stuffing each “knitted noodle”, used as oversized linear forms to construct her works, she engages the soft materiality of textiles to explore the meaning and magnitude of comfort. Katrina combines knit and woven structures to push vibrant color and texture into space and is interested in establishing space for tenderness and joy while pushing scale to create a sensory effect of playful confrontation and power in her work. Sánchez received a BFA in Fibers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is a collective member of Goodyear Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; most recently showing at Volta Art fair in Basel Switzerland. She has worked with companies such as Lowe’s, MTV, Credit Karma, Truist, and Ally bank and is currently working on a new body of works for a solo intervention presentation at the Mint Museum Randolph.
Bordados en la sangre
“Nacida en Panamá, la artista textil Katrina Sánchez Standfield guarda recuerdos de su abuela bordando las fundas de las almohadas entre otras decoraciones del hogar. De niña, cada vez que le dejaba de quedar una pollera, el traje típico de Panamá, su madre le hacía una nueva. Por estas anécdotas, la joven hizo desde chica amistad con la aguja y el hilo.”
- Dalia Razo, Hola News
Let’s Connect
For inquiries and commissions please use the form below or send an email to ksanchezstandfield@gmail.com or abigail@abigailogilvy.com Director of Abigail Ogilvy Gallery LA
A selection of my available works are linked below:
Thank you!
Charlotte, NC